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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	St. Lucia	Central African Republic	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	3,889	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	3,980	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	4,054	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	4,128	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	4,215	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	4,289	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	4,363	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	4,449	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	4,544	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	4,641	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	4,742	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	4,845	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	4,950	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	5,057	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	5,167	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	5,278	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	5,392	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	5,507	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	5,625	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	5,745	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	5,874	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	6,025	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	6,154	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	6,291	3,570

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Barbados, St. Lucia, Central African Republic, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.